STORY: :: The discovery of an unexploded World War Two-era bomb disrupts trains to and from Paris’ Gare du Nord
:: March 7, 2025
“We said to ourselves ‘We’ve had really bad luck here!’. It’s a pretty weird situation.”
:: Paris, France
:: London, England
“The point I was making is how do you discover suddenly after all these years you know, on the tracks even, with all the trains that went through. It seems strange to me, the whole thing. But until we know further, nothing you can do but wait.”
The disruption is affecting local metro lines, commuter rails and national and international trains, including Eurostar services.
Departure boards at London’s St Pancras International train station showed multiple trains heading to Paris canceled, leaving dozens of passengers stranded.
The bomb was found 1.55 miles (2.5 km) from Paris Gare du Nord train station, in the middle of the train tracks, the H line said. It said train traffic would remain disrupted until the de-mining operation was completed.
Paris police said the bomb had been discovered at 3:30 a.m. (0230 GMT) in Saint-Denis, a northern Parisian suburb, during construction work.
